29 September 2021
Welcoming Prof. Dr. Xuezhu Ren to the Editorial Board of Journal of Intelligence

The J. Intell. editorial team warmly welcomes Prof. Dr. Xuezhu Ren, who recently joined our Editorial Board. We look forward to his contribution toward the continued success of J. Intell (ISSN: 2079-3200). 

Prof. Dr. Xuezhu Ren is a Professor at the School of Education and the Research Center for Innovative Education and Critical Thinking at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He earned his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology at Goethe University, Frankfurt, in 2013. Prior to his arrival at Frankfurt, he graduated with an M.E. in Educational Psychology at the State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning at Beijing Normal University in 2010. Prof. Dr. Ren’s research is grounded in the cognitive sciences and learning. He has conducted extensive research on individual differences in human intelligence, with a particular interest on intelligence testing effects (e.g., item position effects, testing speed) and how they might result in differences in test scores. His recent research has focused on exploring the neural underpinnings of critical thinking skills, and he has developed intervention programs to promote the critical thinking of students. Prof. Dr. Ren’s research has been funded by China Social Science Foundation, Hubei Natural Science Foundation, and Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His work has been published in Learning and Instruction, Intelligence, Learning and Individual Differences, and Educational Psychology.

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